11+ hour, 28+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (238+ words) PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticising the United States over human rights in a social ​media post that triggered a diplomatic dispute which ‌has delayed the arrival of a new…...

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (201+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, said he and his pilot swam to safety after a ​plane in which they were traveling lost ‌power and made an emergency water landing on a lake in central…...

3+ day, 43+ min ago   (377+ words) TORONTO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Academy Award winner Sian Heder’s feature film “Being Heumann” opened the Toronto festival with a heartfelt tale of how disabled people with an indomitable will, courage and commitment accomplished the ​impossible. “Being Heumann” tells the story of…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (295+ words) RABAT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Morocco’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that no evidence established involvement of Rabat in the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of ​Ceuta in July, adding it rejected being drawn into ‌Spain’s domestic political battles. More than…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (760+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promise to send U.S. adults $5,000 “dividend” checks if his party keeps control of Congress in November’s midterm elections drew a cool reception from some Republicans on Thursday, with several lawmakers saying it would…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (115+ words) WNWN-FM Brazil’s Lula says he supports discussion setting terms for Supreme Court justices BRASILIA, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva said on Thursday he believes it is necessary to discuss ​term limits ⁠for Supreme ⁠Court justices. • The…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (630+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. government announced new sanctions on Thursday against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its campaign to isolate Iran economically. The latest…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (218+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday will air on YouTube and not during the network broadcast, citing threats from the Federal Communications Commission. In January,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (850+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – Long-simmering tensions between Ford and the Trump administration over the automaker’s connections with Chinese companies boiled over this week in a contradictory flurry of Republican criticism and praise for the company. The dispute highlighted competing views of how…...